Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-01
CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Change of Schooi-Hours Elections
TeachersARiIIs AlIowed-Etc

Change of School-Hours Elections o
Teachers-Bills Ailowed-Etc.
The City Board of Education met last
evening at the Office of the City Superin-
tendent, all the members present.
Reports from the various committees
were read and approved The Chairman
OF the Committee on Furniture and Sup
plies was directed to purchase wood and
other supplies for the use of the schools
during the month of March.
On motion of Director Hopkins, the
daily sessions of the High school were
made for the second term, which COM
mences to-day, as follows From $50 to u
A. NJ. and from 1870 to , P. NJ.
On motion of Director Petrie, the Prin-
cipal of the High School was directed to
dismiss the senior class Immediately after
their last recitation.
Erlewine moved that the Fourth Reader
be used in the fifth grade. Carried. This
will not necesitate the purchase of books,
as the reader is already in use in this grade.
1t was simply to change the rules to cor
respond with the book used.
The City School Superintendent reported
for the month of February as follows:
High School, enrolled-Boys, 80; girls, 1O1:
total, 1885, average daily attendance III.
Sacramento Grammar School-Boys, 257;
girls, 314; total. 57l; daily attendance, SIG.
Capital Grammar School-Boys, 1872; girls,
243 total, AS; daily attendance, ST.
Primary-Boys, 966; girls, LOIS; total,
1881; average attendance, 1,736. Night
school-Boys, 66; girls, 10; total So; daily
attendance, g.. Grand total, boys, 1,503;
girls, 500; total, 3, 1885, average attendance,
2,S13. German-Boys, 105; girls, TO; to-
tai, 275; average attendance, 262. French
Girls, A. average attendance 80.
Applications for positions as teachers
were received from the following ladies
Belle Wilkins, Alice NJ. Smith, Carrie E.
Tenbrook.
The resignation of Miss Florence n.
Hamilton, teacher in the second grade of
the Sacramento Grammar School, was re-
ceived and accepted.
A committee of ladies petitioned the
Board for the privilege of selling tickets to
course of religious lectures. The petition
was denied, on the grounds that the rules
expressly forbid any such proceedings.
A request to use the Sacramento Gram
mar School building for sewing class after
school hours was denied, on the ground
that it interfered with the work of the
janitors.
The resignation of Miss Hamilton created
a vacancy in the second grade of the Sacra-
mento Grammar School.
On motion of Hopkins, Miss Lillian
Piper was promoted from the third grade
to the second. On motion of Petrie, Miss
Lizzie Griffin was promoted from the
fourth to the third. This left vacancy in
the fourth grade to be filled.
Slater nominated Miss Nellie Miller
Todd nominated Miss Lizzie Brien Hop
kins named Mrs, j. r. Brown Petrie NOM
mated Miss Mary McManus Miss O'brien
was elected, which made vacancy in the
eighth grade at Fourth and Q streets.
Miss BERTHE Biggs, of the substitutes, was
elected to the vacancy caused by the pro-
motion of Miss O'Brien, and Miss Ella
McCleery was elected fourth substitute.
After auditing the following bills the
Board adjourned:
Sun Insurance Company, s72; Protestant
Orphan Asylum, S25; J. A. Lafferty, Sc
NJ s. Hammer, $40 35; Capital Gas Com
pany, $40 95: John Shelton, $237 so; L. X.
Hammer, IS So A. Lothammer, So; S. ].
Jackson, So so; S. c. Houghton, S1S6 "a;
A. B. Hughes, So; l.. T. Smith, S44 10:
Fl. Coates, $43 46; S. d. Bell, So pay roll,
81 ,095 total, 7,774 20.